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Conductive cap

a technology of conductive caps and caps, applied in the field of conductive caps, can solve the problems of user fatigue, fingernails not working with capacitive touch screens, and users prone to drop and break their phones more,

Inactive Publication Date: 2011-02-08
NING ALICE
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[0005]This invention introduces a conductive cap to be attached to any glove such that users do not have to remove their glove to interact with a touch screen device.

Problems solved by technology

When a cell phone breaks, the user may have to wait several days to retrieve their information and they will likely have to wait for a replace phone.
Users tend to drop and break their phones more during winter season.
However, gloves do not work with devices with capacitive touch screens.
Fiddling with the phone is a burden and often the device is dropped because the user must support the device and take the gloves off to retrieve an email or answer a call, for example.
Users have cut holes in their gloves to make them fingerless but this is unattractive and does not protect their fingers from frigid temperatures.

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[0019]FIG. 1 is a perspective view of the cap 100. The cap 100 is made of a conductive material having a front cap side 110 that is convex towards a point on the surface of the front side of the cap 120. The cap may be of varying shapes, sizes, dimensions, and thickness while it will remain convex towards one point on the surface of the front side of the cap (i.e. oval, teardrop, heart, star, flower, etc.)

[0020]The convex shape of the cap aids in the user accurately touching a single key or button on an electrical device. The cap is shaped such that the user can avoid mistakenly touching multiple keys when their intentions are to touch a single key or button. The cap diameter is approximately ⅛ cm to 1 cm. The cap may be larger or smaller depending on the size of the user's digit or the size of the keys on the electrical device. The front cap side 110 features an enamel layer 125 on the front cap side 110 to prevent damage to an electrical device touch screen. The enamel layer 125 i...

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Abstract

A connector featuring a conductive cap and conductive peg to be attached to any digit covering apparatus, such as a glove. The connector comprises a cap and peg made of a conductive material. The peg is placed on a user's digit and the at least one post mechanism is extended through the digit covering. The cap and peg are engaged by at least one post mechanism extending from the peg. The at least one post mechanism is received by at least one aperture on the cap. The connector also features a post mechanism on a back side of the connector. The post mechanism has a pin, pin head and pin holder that attaches the connector to the glove. Users do not have to remove their digit covering apparatus to interact with a touch screen device. The conductive connector affords the user the ability to input onto a touch-screen without removal of their digit covering apparatus, such as a glove.

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FIELD OF THE INVENTION[0001]The present invention relates in general to a conductive cap that allows the user to input into an electronic device without removal of a hand covering.BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION[0002]Many electronic devices such as cameras, MP3® players, cell phones, iPod®, for example have a touch screen. A touch screen is a computer display screen that is also an input device. There are a variety of screens which are sensitive to either pressure, light waves, ultrasonic waves, or electric charge. A user interacts with the touch screen device by touching graphics or text on the screen. For example, on a cell phone such as the iPhone®, a user can use the touch screen interface to place a call, answer the phone, play games and surf the internet, to name a few.[0003]With cell phones becoming more popular and having more capabilities, users have become more dependent on them. When a cell phone breaks, the user may have to wait several days to retrieve their information and...

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Patent Type & Authority Patents(United States)
IPC IPC(8): A41B11/00A43B17/00A44B1/34G09G5/00A44B1/32G09G5/08G06F3/033G06F3/041
CPCG06F3/014G06F3/03545G06F3/044G06F2203/0331Y10T24/3683Y10T24/45178Y10T24/4616Y10T24/2708Y10T24/3651
Inventor NING, ALICE
Owner NING ALICE
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